GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-jvvf-x445-j334 fast-uri vulnerable to mailto header injection via percent-encoded field-name desynchronization
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-86818
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- fast-uri
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-172, CWE-436
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-29
Affected packages
• npm fast-uri: >= 4.1.3, < 4.1.5 → fixed in 4.1.5
Description
Impact
`fast-uri`'s `mailto` scheme parser compares each query field name to the reserved names (`to`, `subject`, `body`) while the name is still percent-encoded, and only percent-decodes it when storing it as a generic header. On serialize, the decoded name is re-emitted, so a field name such as `%74o` (percent-encoded `to`) is not recognized as a recipient at parse time (`parse().to` shows only the legitimate recipient) but materializes as a literal `to=` field after `serialize()`, and reparsing then treats it as a recipient. The same technique smuggles `subject` and `body` through `%73ubject` and `%62ody`.
An application that parses an untrusted mailto URI, makes a display, allowlist, or logging decision on `parse().to`, then re-serializes the result and passes the serialized string to a mail client or an outbound send path can gain an attacker-chosen recipient, subject, or body that was not visible when the recipient list was checked. A scanner inspecting the raw input for an extra `to=` sees nothing, because the injected field appears only after `fast-uri` serializes.
Patches
Upgrade to `fast-uri` 4.1.5.
Workarounds
Percent-decode and compare mailto field names case-insensitively before trusting `parse().to`, or re-check the recipient list on the serialized output rather than only on the initial parse, until upgrading.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-86818 fast-uri is a dependency-free RFC 3986 URI parser for Node.js, used by Fastify and ajv, that added a mailto scheme parser in version 4.1.3. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/security/advisories/GHSA-jvvf-x445-j334 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86818 advisory
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/commit/f40a88f33e684a46faec3f5b820bcbb1e85add64 web
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html web
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri package
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/releases/tag/v4.1.5 web